The night Weinstein raged at me for wearing a suit on red carpet, by Kate
KATE Beckinsale has revealed an encounter with disgraced Harvey Weinstein that left her ‘shaking’ and in ‘tears’.
The British actress, 46, said the film mogul launched a foul-mouthed rant following the 2001 premiere for Serendipity, saying she had ‘ruined’ the night by not wearing a ‘tight dress’.
The Hollywood producer, 67, was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday by a judge in New York after he was convicted of sex attacks on two women.
Shortly afterwards, Ms Beckinsale shared a snap with her four million online followers of herself from the premiere, and described how Weinstein – whose company Miramax distributed the film – had invited her to his home the next day under the pretence of a play date with their children.
She said he launched into a terrifying tirade, during which he berated her for wearing a suit to the event. She wrote: ‘I turned up and he immediately called for his nanny to take the babies to another room to play. I went to go with them and he said, “No, you wait here”.
‘The minute the door closed he started screaming, “You stupid f ***** g c***, you c***, you ruined my premiere”. I had no idea what he was talking about and started to shake. He said, “If I am throwing a red carpet you get in a tight dress, you shake your ass, you shake your t***,
you do not go down it looking like a f ***** g lesbian you stupid f ***** g c***”. The shock made me burst into tears.’
Ms Beckinsale told of her ‘huge relief’ at Weinstein’s jail term.
She said: ‘Hearing that he has gone to prison for 23 years is a huge relief to me on behalf of all the women he sexually assaulted or raped, and I hope will be a deterrent to that sort of behaviour in this and any other industry.’